A Shadow of a Doubt
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Father
Alexandrine
Grandfather
Grandmother
Judge
Alexandrine's Teacher
Alexandrine's Lawyer
Maître Toussaint / l'avocat de Jean
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Aline Issermann's "Shades of Doubt" ("L'Ombre du Doute"), a French film about a wrenching family crisis, is set forth with remarkable restraint. The subject is incest, but the story's potential for tawdriness is never exploited. Instead, Ms. Issermann presents a discreet, methodical account of how 12-year-old Alexandrine comes to bring and then recant charges against her father, Jean.
Release Date
1993-09-11
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6.2
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